Rep My Tribe was born from a deeply personal journey of ancestry, identity, and reconnection.

Growing up, my parents instilled in me a strong pride in being African. Over time, that pride evolved into a desire to better understand my roots—not just culturally, but personally. Like many African Americans, I began researching my family history only to eventually encounter what is often called the “brick wall of slavery,” where records and connections to the past become painfully difficult to trace.

That journey eventually led me to DNA testing and, ultimately, to something life-changing: discovering specific African ethnic lineages connected to my family, including Tikar and Baka ancestry from Cameroon and Fulani ancestry from Guinea-Bissau. 

For me, this experience became about much more than percentages on a DNA report.

It became about reclaiming identity, reconnecting with culture, and healing historical disconnection. It sparked a deeper desire to learn, explore, and celebrate the people, traditions, languages, foods, and histories connected to my ancestry.

But I also realized something important along the way: many people in the African diaspora are on this same journey.

When we discover who we are, we naturally want to connect. We want to learn the language, wear the clothing, taste the food, study the history, and proudly represent the cultures and communities that helped shape us.

That is how Rep My Tribe was born.

What started as a few custom t-shirts created for myself and shared within online ancestry communities quickly grew into something bigger—a space created “for us, by us.” I wanted to create tribe-specific and culturally meaningful designs that celebrate identity, heritage, pride, and reconnection across the African diaspora.

Rep My Tribe is more than apparel.

It is about representation.
It is about rediscovery.
It is about pride.
It is about remembering who we are.

Whether you are reconnecting through DNA, culture, travel, language, community, or simple curiosity, you belong here.

Welcome to the family.